Inventory of Eddy Covariance Tower Data in AmeriFlux from Everglades Towers (2004-ongoing) and Auxiliary Data from SRS-6 Mangrove Forest Tower (2004-2023), Florida, USA

There are six eddy covariance towers that make continuous measurements of regional hydrology and carbon balance in the region. This long-term eddy covariance tower network includes 2008-ongoing data collection in a freshwater marl prairie (TS/Ph-1; US-Esm) and a freshwater marsh (SRS-2; US-Elm), 2016-2021 data collection from a mangrove scrub (TS/Ph-7; US-TaS), 2004-2023 data collection from a tall mangrove forest (SRS-6; US-Skr), 2020-ongoing data collection from a tower at the ecotone of marl prairie and mangrove scrub (SE1; US-EvM), and 2018-ongoing data collection from an aquatic Tower in Florida Bay (Bob Allen Key; US-FBE). Everglades ecosystems occur in predictable zonal patterns, and current Florida Coastal Everglades Long Term Ecological Research (FCE-LTER) sites are arranged to capture the variation in hydrology, community composition, and productivity. The hydrology and disturbance regime in the Everglades region developed a rich diversity of communities that have variable capacities to capture and sequester carbon. At each site, open-path infrared gas analyzers (IRGA, LI-7500 and Li-7700, Li-COR Inc., Lincoln, NE) are used to measure CO2 (mg mol-1), water vapor molar density (mg mol-1), and CH4. A paired sonic anemometer (CSAT3, Campbell Scientific Inc., Logan, UT) is employed to measure sonic temperature (Ts; K) and 3-dimensional wind speed (u, v and w, respectively; m s-1). Additional meteorological data is measured at the site to monitor conditions. This data package is an inventory of eddy covariance tower data and metadata available through the AmeriFlux repository. This package also contains environmental and meteorological variables measured at the SRS-6 mangrove forest using an eddy covariance flux tower in the southeastern Florida Coastal Everglades from 2004 to 2023.